What’s new in the Department of Neurology

NC TraCS awarded funding for a $5K-$50K grant application submitted by Rebecca Traub, MD and Xiaoyan Li, MD, PhD.

Dr. Robert Smith, Associate Chair for Administration, has been appointed as the Vice Dean of Gillings School of Public Health.

James F. Howard Jr., MD, professor in the UNC Department of Neurology, was lead investigator in UCB’s RAISE trial to evaluate zilucoplan as a treatment for generalized myasthenia gravis in adults.

Dr. Timothy Gershon is co-corresponding author of new research that appeared in Sciences Advances, January 26, 2022.

What’s new in the Department of Neurology

James F. Howard Jr., MD, professor in the UNC Department of Neurology, was principal investigator of the phase 3 trial for the experimental drug efgartigimod, developed by Belgian pharmaceutical company Argenx.

The American Academy of Neurology awarded Monica M. Diaz, MD, MS, a Clinical Research Training Scholarship in support of her research on the detection of neurodegeneration in older, cognitively impaired people with HIV.

James Pham Ho, MD, receives $10,000 Junior Faculty Development Award

The Duke/UNC ADRC is pleased to announce the release of three funding opportunities for researchers at Duke and UNC studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. One of the awards, the REC Scholar, is also open to candidates from UNC Pembroke, North Carolina Central University, and East Carolina University.